Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford may not play against Baylor this Saturday with that injured right shoulder. But he has no regrets that he decided to come back to Oklahoma and pursue a national title instead of heading to the NFL early.

He still hasn’t given up on his dream yet.

“You say the national championship is out of the picture, but what happens if we win nine straight games and we win the Big 12? There’s still a possibility,” Bradford said Tuesday in his first public comments in a month.

“To win another Big 12 championship and become the first team to win four straight Big 12 championships, I still think there’s a lot in front of this team and I think it would be extremely selfish for me to say, `The possibility of a national championship is slim now, so why come back?”‘

Bradford held out hope that he’d be able to play Saturday against Baylor (3-1) to get a game under his belt before the 19th-ranked Sooners (2-2) face No. 2 Texas in their annual rivalry game in Dallas.

A final decision on whether he will face the Bears isn’t expected until at least Thursday. Bradford said surgery hasn’t been ruled out as a treatment option, though it’s possible he won’t need it.

Tebow back at practice, but not cleared to play

Wearing full pads and sweating from head to toe, Tim Tebow took snaps, threw passes and ran option plays in his first practice since suffering a concussion 10 days ago.

The only thing Florida’s star quarterback wasn’t allowed to do was run over anybody.

Tebow returned to practice on a limited basis, though he still has not been cleared to play in the top-ranked Gators’ Saturday night game at No. 4 LSU. Tebow wore a red, non-contact jersey – normal for quarterbacks – and took snaps with the first-team offense.

“He looked like Tim out there today,” coach Urban Meyer said. “Obviously practice is a lot different from what’s going to happen Saturday night. We’re still doing an evaluation.”

The 2007 Heisman Trophy winner suffered a concussion in Florida’s last game, against Kentucky on Sept. 26, when his head slammed into a teammates knee after he took a hard hit to the chest. He spent the night in a Lexington, Ky., hospital and sat out practice last week (Florida was off) and again Monday.

He started running and lifting weights a few days ago. But Tebow didn’t receive partial clearance to return to the field until he met with a team of athletic trainers and doctors.